Hemidrachm - Alkamenes

Kyme was the largest and most prosperous of the Aeolian cities, yet its coinage output remained modest relative to its regional influence — a disparity that has never been fully explained. This hemidrachm belongs to the magistrate series naming individual officials, a practice Kyme adopted to provide accountability in silver production during a period when Alexander's conquests were flooding Asia Minor with Macedonian coinage and forcing civic mints to assert local identity.

The magistrate Alkamenes is attested only through numismatic evidence.